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sonorize

sonorize verb: to increase in sonority; to become more sonorous.

Verb

sonorize (third-person singular simple present sonorizes, present participle sonorizing, simple past and past participle sonorized)

  1. To increase in sonority; to become more sonorous.
    • However, it is not possible to derive the forms of type 1 from Lat. lacūna too, since inherited singleton -c- would have sonorized to **-ɣ- in most dialects.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 326

Forms of sonorize

third-person singular presentsonorizes
present participlesonorizing
past participlesonorized
pastsonorized

Questions about sonorize

What does sonorize mean?
Sonorize means to increase in sonority; to become more sonorous.
What part of speech is sonorize?
Sonorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sonorize?
The past tense of sonorize is sonorized.

Words near sonorize in the dictionary

  1. sonorisation
  2. sonorities
  3. sonority
  4. sonorization
  5. sonorizations
  6. sonorize
  7. sonorized
  8. sonorizes
  9. sonorizing
  10. sonorophone
  11. sonorophones

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